Improved blacking



UNITED TATEs PATENT OFFICE.

W. F. QUINBY, or WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

IMPROVED BLACKING.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,567, dated August28, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. F. QUINBY, of WiL 'mington, New Castle county,State of Delaware, have invented a new and lmproxed Blacking Compound;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same.

The present invention relates to a new and useful compound for ablacking for the polishing of boots, shoes, 850.; and it consists of thefollowing ingredients mixed together in about the proportionsstated,viz: four parts of cord dust, made by grindin or otherwisereducing coal to a finely powdered or pulverized state, and one part oftreucle or molasses, which coaldust and treacle are thoroughly mixedtogether, a sufficient quantity of water being added to enable thecompound to be worked up into the form of a paste suitable for beingused for the blacking and polishing of boots and shoes, and otherarticles to which it may be adapted or applicable, a hlacking compoundthus being' produced which is not only cheap, but exceedinglyefficacious and desirable.

Although certain proportions have been herein stated, in which theingredients composing my improved blacking compound are mixed together,I do not intend to limit myself to the precise proportions named, asthey may be somewhat varied nor do I intend to limit myself to the useof molasses or treacle with the coald'ust, as many other substances maybe employed in lieu thereof, to reduce it to a pasty state or condition.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A blaclzingcomposed of the within ingredients, in the manner and about theproportion substantially as described.

w. F. oUiNBY.

Witnesses F. M. ROYAL, B. F. TOWNSEND.

